FNUS73 KFGF 110014 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR VIKING FIRE...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 714 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1855 CDT ON OCTOBER 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. LIQUID ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH. DRIER WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST ON FRIDAY...WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES ARE IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 50 TO 55 PERCENT ON THURSDAY...AND 35 TO 45 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 16 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 12 TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........95 86 77 69 62 55 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............35 34 34 32 30 27 RH..............93 97 94 96 96 100 20 FT WIND......W 2 NW 3 NW 5 NW 8 NW 10 NW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 15 15 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42. MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5200-7000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........50 43 38 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............26 33 38 40 RH..............96 74 59 53 20 FT WIND......NW 9G15 NW 12G20 NW 13G20 NW 13G20 $$ FORECASTER...HOPKINS REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121010.VIKIN.02/FGF